{"id":4991,"date":"2025-04-10T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T12:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=4991"},"modified":"2026-09-27T19:25:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:25:57","slug":"minor-super-villain-764-the-black-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=4991","title":{"rendered":"MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 764: THE BLACK KNIGHTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Speed Comics 008, 1940)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Like I said in the Queen Sheba<\/a> entry, her brand of evil was a bit too depressing and I almost skipped making an entry for her in favour of doing this one but it ended up being mostly about her and her unpunished slaving ways anyway, and that wasn’t fair.<\/p>\n

The Black Knights are just what it says on the tin: a bunch of knights who dress in black. Presumably they are descended from the same group of crusaders as Sheba’s loyal followers, only instead of passively propping up a corrupt monarchy the Black Knights are out there busting heads and doing crimes. At least, I assume that’s their deal – the only actual crime that they are shown to have committed is kidnapping Sheba’s son, and I suppose that that could be the action of a group of slavery abolitionists who believe in direct action.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Whatever their place on the alignment chart, the Black Knights try and fail to prevent Shock Gibson from rescuing the prince. Some days it just doesn’t pay to sally forth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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